Just over two years ago, former United States Olympian Zahir Raheem had reignited a stagnant career with a solid win over world champion, and future hall of famer, Eric Morales. According to Zahir, the date of September 10, 2005 will go down as both his best day, and his worst. http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=20499
I prefer my favorite boxers to have scabs on their knees from all the times they've fallen on the canvas from sheer exhaustion throughout the course of the fight. :bears:
My favorite Raheem moment: watching his last ESPN2 fight (Against Cristobal Cruz) on TV in Memphis with his manager, Cameron Dunkin. With each passing round, Cam tried to slink deeper and deeper into his chair, for fear that anyone would recognize him. By the 7th round, he offered me his contract for whatever spare change I had in my pocket ::
No, by then he was yelling at Raheem (through the TV, of course), "Just blow the guy and get it over with. You can't even fuckin' do THAT right, can you?"